“In kindergarten, children play – not plug”
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“This is an opinion piece. It is the writer who stands for the views that are put forward in the text, not Against.”
“the DEBATE. I am a warm supporter of the traditional teaching and the importance of students memorizing the knowledge of the subject. Of the reason, I am critical of the development, which has meant that pupils in the Swedish school system in an increasingly higher extent on the actual have got control of their own learning, but also the widespread idea that the school’s primary mission should be to awaken the pupils ‘ desire to learn. You have simply focused too much on everyone to be happy and have fun in the school than that they should learn as much as possible.”
“My concern also applies to kindergarten – but instead of completely opposite reasons. In recent times we have seen a development where the mission has gone more and more from the to be about creating a safe place for children to play and learn social interaction, for that all have more to do with förskolebarnen will be taught and trained. “
“the Fact is that when it comes to kindergarten, I am probably one of the main proponents of weird. The pre-school will not focus on teaching, it should be about giving children a place for play, creativity and social interaction.”
” It does not mean that förskollärarnas role is insignificant, but on the other hand, it means that the förskollärarnas conditions, for example in the form of the size of children’s groups, is significantly more important than academic training.”
“Decades of research in fields like psychology, sociology and education research, has shown the importance of play for young children’s development. Play has been a natural part of human history and, from an evolutionary perspective, assumed the deck to be of importance for children’s development of social, cognitive and language abilities.”
“Thanks to a strong pre-school, we have good conditions to enable the majority of children have access to an environment that allows play in different environments, regardless of children’s socio-economic home environment.”
“It is, therefore, as I with concern is witnessing how more and more politicians are talking about the pre-school’s mission. Now, the notion of ”teaching” inserted in the pre-school’s new curriculum, which comes into force in the summer. Early childhood educators should, in other words, now begin to conduct ”teaching” aimed at small children to ”develop skills and values”. The little kids should be taught about, for example, reading and sustainable development. “
“It may sound nice and desirable, but the question is why should the pre-school deal with teaching?”
“We are not alone in believing in the teaching of the pre-school. In the united states has invested billions in various forms of ”head-start”program, which aims to compensate for the unfavorable conditions for small children through to early to teach them subjects like math and reading comprehension. However, many of the positive effects has been proven to subside with time, which means that one can question if it is at all desirable with similar investments here in Sweden.”
“in Addition, the government has decided to förskolechefer to be addressed as ”principals”. It is to be welcomed as clear of, for example, the Swedish teachers ‘ Union, who think that it will raise the status. But for an outside viewer it is just ridiculous. “
“don’t get me wrong, the mission is important. To ensure that the small children have a safe environment where they can play freely is not an easy job, but it is a right job. The children are simply playing, not studying.”
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